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1	Overture	1:09
2	Sinister Rouge	1:53
3	Social Suicide	1:35
4	Atheist Peace	1:57
5	All There Is	2:57
6	Los Angeles Is Burning	3:23
7	Let Them Eat War Vocals [Guest] – Sage FrancisWritten-By – B. Baker*, B. Wackerman*, J. Bentley*, S. Francis*	2:57
8	God's Love	2:32
9	To Another Abyss	4:07
10	The Quickening Written-By – B. Wackerman*, C. Wollard	2:19
11	The Empire Strikes First Written-By – B. Baker*	3:23
12	Beyond Electric Dreams Written-By – B. Wackerman*, C. Wollard	4:02
13	Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever	3:49
14	Live Again (The Fall Of Man)	3:35

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Epitaph
• Copyright (c) – Epitaph
• Recorded At – Sound City Studios
• Mixed At – Bay 7 Studios
• Mastered At – Precision Mastering

Credits

• Bass, Backing Vocals – Jay Bentley
• Choir [Soprano] [Goth] – Claude Sarne (tracks: 2)
• Design – Nick Pritchard
• Drums, Percussion – Brooks Wackerman
• Electronics [Sonic Alienator] – Leopold Ross (tracks: 12)
• Engineer [Assistant] – June Murakawa*, Pete Martinez
• Guitar – Greg Hetson
• Guitar [Additional] – Mike Campbell (tracks: 6)
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Brian Baker
• Mixed By, Recorded By – Joe Barresi
• Organ [Hammond B3] – John Ginty (tracks: 6)
• Photography [Band] – Sean Murphy
• Photography By – Matt Rubin
• Producer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Written-By – Brett Gurewitz
• Producer, Vocals, Written-By – Greg Graffin
• Programmed By – Atticus Ross
• Typography [Cam Font] – You Work For Them
• Violin – Dave Bragger (tracks: 4)

Notes

Recorded at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, CA Nov. 2003 - Feb. 2004
Mixed at Bay 7. Valley Village, CA, Feb. 2004

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 045778669424
• Matrix / Runout: 54744BM-01 86694-2 042004-09
• Mould SID Code: IFPI ZN1G
• Other (Mould Text): MCOM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
86694-1	Bad Religion	The Empire Strikes First ‎(LP, Album)	Epitaph	86694-1	US	2004
86694-2	Bad Religion	The Empire Strikes First ‎(CD, Album)	Союз, Epitaph	86694-2	Russia	2007
86694-1	Bad Religion	The Empire Strikes First ‎(LP, Cle)	Epitaph	86694-1	US	2014
6694-2A	Bad Religion	The Empire Strikes First ‎(CDr, Album, Promo)	Epitaph	6694-2A	Europe	2004
86694-2	Bad Religion	The Empire Strikes First ‎(CD, Album)	Epitaph, Shock	86694-2	Australia	2004